I am an auto targeting player. Could I learn to manual target, yes, probably. But I won't because when I did I found it fiddly and frankly a bit of an immersion killer as its too much to do I feel especially given the constrictions of the game. I control an entire submarine using one hand and a mouse. True... I got my crew they only do so much though... not to mention I have to keep tabs on the enemy not only that... after all my hard work... I still like to win when I play.
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What does irk me are those who brag about tonnage using auto targeting options. It's a bit like bragging about doing stunts on your BMX bike as a kid to your buddies but you conveniently leave out the part about the attached training wheels.
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IMO we have a right to brag if we so choose. Sure the PC did the donkey work in working out the solution, but we still had to find the target, get to firing position, decide where best to shoot surive the attack etc etc... whats the point in having a dog if you bark yourself?
Conversely the flip side is, I hate how manual targeters have this "Big I am" attitude sometimes it feels like we are being looked down on for our not using auto targeting. Am I wrong? possible... However that is what it feels like sometimes. Though I do accept the fact I could have a chip on me shoulder for people doing something I won't do.
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true you may have had some close calls and done a great job in the stealth department, but the PC did all the real work... but if you accomplish the same feat with manual targeting... you worked for and earned every ton.
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But when I read comments like that GoldenRivet... I wonder... maybe I am right about feeling like a second class citizen round here....
I may not use manual targetig or play at the coveted and sacred "100%" but I still have a right to come on here and share my successess if I like. Irks you? It shouldn't. Its called community and that door swings both ways... if we can't speak about our experiences in confidence... what can we do? I take the time to play the game and hunt the targets... therefore I still earned every ton. Immaterial to what guys like yourselves and others in the Manual targeting camp think.
I hate how auto targeting is so readily dismissed as the "easy option" the "Training wheels" the "casual players method" its not fair and its elitist. IMO if a guy plays on 0% realism and he sinks 60,000 tons... thats great regardless, he is doing the best he can within his capacity to play.
At the end of the day we are all there to sink ships... how we do it is our personal business.
